Society and history

Robert A. Kirsch

Robert A. Kirsch (Robert Andrew Kirsch), born 1966, is an American retired jurist who served as a federal district judge in New Jersey from 2023 to 2026.

Robert A. Pollak

Robert A. Pollak, born in 1938, is an American labor economist known for work on consumer demand, cost-of-living indexes, and the economics of the family.

Sep 21, 2026

Robert A. Rescorla

Robert A. Rescorla (1940–2020) was an American experimental psychologist known for the Rescorla–Wagner model of associative learning and for showing that conditioning depends on contingency.

Robert A. Rivas

Robert A. Rivas is an American Democratic politician serving as Speaker of the California State Assembly; first elected in 2018, he previously served on the San Benito County Board of Supervisors.

Robert A. Taft (1889-1953), Ohio senator 1939-1953 nicknamed Mr. Republican, son of President William Howard Taft; coauthor of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, three-time Republican presidential contender, and Senate majority leader who died in office in July 1953.

Robert Aaron Gordon

Robert Aaron Gordon (1908–1978) was an American economist at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work on unemployment, his 1962 report Measuring Employment and Unemployment, and his 1975 American Economic Association presidential address.

Robert Abela

Robert Abela is a Maltese politician serving as Prime Minister of Malta and Leader of the Labour Party, confirmed as leader with 95.3 percent of delegate votes after the party's 2026 election victory.

Robert Abercromby

Robert Abercromby, also spelled Abercrombie, was a Scottish Jesuit missionary who taught in Poland-Lithuania for over two decades, converted Queen Anne of Denmark around 1600, and fled Scotland after the Gunpowder Plot, dying in 1613.

Robert Adams (spiritual teacher)

Robert Adams (1928–1997) was an American Advaita Vedanta teacher who held small satsangs in southern California and Sedona, Arizona, teaching Ramana Maharshi's self-inquiry alongside love, compassion, and humility.

Robert Adelman, MD

Robert Adelman, MD is a physician-turned-venture investor who co-founded the life-science firm venBio, where he is Emeritus Managing Partner; he led investments in Aragon, Seragon, Apellis, and Turning Point Therapeutics.

Robert Aderholt

Robert B. Aderholt, born 1965, is an American Republican politician who has represented Alabama's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House since 1997.

Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie

Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie (1921–2000), was the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1980 to 1991, and hosted the first papal visit to Canterbury in 1982.

Robert Allain

Robert Allain is an American politician and Republican member of the Louisiana Senate from the 21st district, a Franklin, Louisiana native who founded the marine construction company Integrity Marine.

Robert Alton Harris

Robert Alton Harris, executed April 21, 1992 in San Quentin's gas chamber, was California's first execution in 25 years, for the 1978 kidnapping and murder of two San Diego teenagers; four federal stays and a Supreme Court order marked the case.

Robert Anderson (sex offender)

Robert Anderson (sex offender) covers several unrelated men: Robert S. Anderson (federal enticement, 7th Cir. 2024), Dr. Robert Anderson (University of Michigan, $490M settlement), plus offenders in Indiana, Northern Ireland, California, and Oklahoma.

Robert Anderson Van Wyck

Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849-1918), Tammany Hall judge, was the first mayor of consolidated New York City, serving 1898-1901; he began the Interboro Rapid Transit subway but fell in the Ice Trust scandal.

Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), American author and coauthor of The Illuminatus! Trilogy with Robert Shea; wrote 35 books, coined reality tunnels and model agnosticism, and shaped Discordianism and chaos magic.

Sep 19, 2026

Robert Appleby (investment manager)

Robert (Rob) Appleby is an investment manager who founded London-based food and agriculture investor Cibus Capital and co-founded the Asian private credit manager ADM Capital in 1998.

Sep 21, 2026

Robert Axelrod (political scientist)

Robert Axelrod is an American political scientist at the University of Michigan whose Prisoner's Dilemma tournaments and 1984 book The Evolution of Cooperation earned the 2014 National Medal of Science.

Robert B. Abrams

Robert B. "Abe" Abrams is a retired U.S. Army four-star general, former FORSCOM commander and Commander of USFK/UNC/CFC (2018-2021), known for the "kill the virus" COVID response and post-retirement advisory work.

Robert B. Charles

Robert B. Charles, known as Bobby Charles, is an American Republican politician nominated for governor of Maine in 2026 and a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State.

Robert B. Harwell

Robert Bryan Harwell is a senior United States district judge for the District of South Carolina, appointed by George W. Bush in 2004 and chief judge from 2019 to 2024.

Robert B. Hood

Robert B. Hood (1891-1964) was a US Army colonel from Kansas, commissioned in 1917, who won the Distinguished Service Cross for artillery heroism in World War I, survived Pearl Harbor at Schofield Barracks, and retired in 1961.

Robert B. King

Robert B. King, also known as Robert Bruce King, is an American federal judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1998, appointed by President Clinton.

Robert B. Maloney

Robert B. Maloney, born 1933, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Texas, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

Sep 21, 2026

Robert B. Wilson

Robert B. Wilson is an American economist and Stanford professor who shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with Paul Milgrom for auction theory and new auction formats.

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941), British Army officer and founder of the Scout Movement; defended Mafeking for 217 days, ran the 1907 Brownsea Island camp, and wrote Scouting for Boys (1908).

Robert Baer

Robert Baer (born 1952), former CIA Directorate of Operations case officer 1976-1997, Middle East field officer, author of See No Evil, basis for Syriana, and of the disputed The Fourth Man.

Robert Baillie

Robert Baillie (1599 or 1602 – August 1662) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, professor of divinity, and Principal of the University of Glasgow, a commissioner at the Westminster Assembly.